Victims of Lodi car crash identified (UPDATED: 4:17 p.m.)

LODI – Irving Miranda, an 12-year-old middle school student, 7-year-old first-grader Jose Miranda and 5-year-old kindergartner Stephanie Miranda were among those killed in the deadliest car crash in San Joaquin County this year, officials of Lodi Unified School District confirmed Wednesday.

LODI – Irving Miranda, an 11-year-old middle school student, 7-year-old first-grader Jose Miranda and 5-year-old kindergartner Stephanie Miranda were among those killed in the deadliest car crash in San Joaquin County this year, officials of Lodi Unified School District confirmed Wednesday.

Also killed in the five-car crash was their father Luis Miranda, 30, and 31-year-old Vivian Rodriguez and her unborn baby. Earlier reports listed her as the children's mother.

The collision occurred at 5:21 p.m. Tuesday near Ham and Vine, near Lodi Memorial Hospital and Lodi Middle School, where Irving had been a student.

Students at that school learned of his death from their teachers today, school officials said. Students at Heritage Elementary School, where the two younger victims were pupils, are expected to learn about the deaths from their parents. School officials believed it would be better for the younger students to learn of the deaths from their family members.

Come back to recordnet.com and read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writers Jason Anderson, Dana M. Nichols and Keith Reid.